Mitering and beveling machine.



No. 823,506. PATNNTED JUNE 19, 1906. A. GADORNTTE & L. LAPLAMME.

MITENING AND BEVBLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. 1904.

A2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

AmmewA a. GRAHAM co4. PNom-Llynocmmens, wAsN'maTnN. Dv c.

No. 823,506. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. A. GADORETI'E L L. LAFLAMME.

MITERING AND BEVELING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION HLED SEPT. a. 1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ALBERT .GADOREBTEA'NDZ Louis LAELaMM-E, on' Lownnn .Y MAssacHUsnTT-s;

|v||r|1ER|Nefy AND- BEVELiNGQmAc-H-INEL Beit known` that We, ALBERT] CADOREF-.TE

l and? LOUIs L,AFLAMMBLI bothV citizensvv of the Beveli'ngl Machines, of'which thek followingfis similar uses.

a speciiication. n y

This: invention relates to miteling and hevelingmachinesl adapted to cutting stock for. picture-lframes, b urialvcaskets,y moldings for panels,` cleats for 'p acl'r'ingjloexea,y and Mac *"nes heretofore usedfffor-thesame pur,-v pose. have. usually yoperated; onone end oifthe stock at a timef, reqljrng two handlingsjol' 'i .thestocl, and' miteringV-machines have been adjustedlto a; properly-cut sample, yrequiring a. loss off time of' several minutes.y (sometimes as. many-.as liteen'minutes-)f for eachadjust-y i ment tothe dihcjerent lengthsL 'andwidths required in the finished piece.

E1n-many classesy of' stock thelonger;side'ofv the; ieee. isf thev standard; by, which the n ishedi piece must; be measured, as in molding for panelsand cleatsfcr packing-boxes. In

' v such.- work', the st opfgages; against which. the

Eiecefs are held mayy be stationary, and we ave provided scales loyy whichy the heads.

carry j the saws. may .lo e.l instantly ad;- j'iisted, in vr'nitering.- -to preserve the same lengthy off the longer.` side of the stock, while varyingfthewi-dtho the stock. rVle arrange the headstotravel on au suitable hedy anduse aright and, left hand' screw by they ma be caused tol approach. or to, recede from times at equa distances from themidjdle of the screw, l Weiprovide. a scale-rigidly se'- 5 `spaces onthe scale, because rwhen one head' movesthe other moves.- aneqilal distance theopposite direction., said sealeloeingiplacedl. I underl or; in, proximity to,k the corresponding head'` andbeingl so arranged that the 'position of.y a. part. ofthe head or oi',l a mark lon said.A

head1 opposite la mark on said scale; will indi- Patented-mao 19,.- ieee:

Cate the dstanceapart? Ofi the-Saws Weitle -saws are 1arranged.l atright: anglesto. the screw,

or, in, other words,y to the path. in.` the heads. .are mevedby theserew.. Inesmuehas the saws cannot. appreach each. @than` so closely asrtof make the cuts- OrIIlGdS th touch,y the. graduatonsotthescaled@ the.

gin at zeregbut only at. e 1111.. jber'ndieatng-.- the shortest; piece .that canbequtgen -thema? Chine. VrEhe ligureindcatedon-thisse leen: presses in units.` of; measurementedepted (as inches or. centimeters) the lengtneffa-lpieee;

the endsof Whieh'ere .t0 @meedere -a-tright angles tothe length ef. thefpiecet] f second.'scale 'wheltauee d` prmaril te;

indicate the proposedlength et tlelengel es thel purpose above, named` are correctfy only. when thepieee is efv a knewnwdth and; the scale ,isseit byY ie third Sca-1er at. er, preme dsT-ltance from themiddle-.Qflebedgf yThee is. athird: seele andi en; pointer, either ofwhchmay bes-pleeedflrpen l the bedfand, theother uponthefslidingp-i" c which carries` the second;l scale,V thisf'th Seele being graduated' and numbered: the lsamemanner asthesecond:- scale-. v

v Whenthemaehneseet tomiter apeeefef a 'certain outside length from Steek 'e e: eer* tain width.,A the S1ding-eeelerpeee until th ointer'- andjyth yare opposite each otherhand; the heads. are, then movedy until they head oventhefseeondi Q11? 1 sliding scale isfaty themark en. Seid; ende :scale which denotessaid outsidelength.

If' the thrd Scale'be. set atthe Zelee ark, ythe ligure Wh'eh the. lleiliili indicates-01:1 the. rse'condfscale` will.r .denote the l'engtlllfv offk the short side ot the rei-'tiered pieee, beeausef the;

,side of; a miteed peCe-*JfOrinsterme e=..eleet I mor-red;

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short side of a piece which has no width or, in other words, is merely a line is of the same length as the long side thereof.

The outside length of the pieces only is irnportant when the pieces when framed together are to fill a given rectangular space, as in the case of moldings of a door-panel; but where the framed pieces are to surround a rectangular space of given size, as in frames for mirrors, vnctures, and the like, only the inside lengtli of the pieces is considered. The second and third scales, as abovedel scribed, are intended for mitering only.

Provision is made for taking away the sawdust by means of an exhaust-fan through a suitable pipe through a hose which is flexible to allow of the variation of the distance between the heads. The saws are driven from an overhead shaft and rotate in a direction to hold the stock against the stop-gages, and means are provided for raising the stock upward against the saws. Means are provided by which the saws may be set at other angles with the axis of the ad`usting-screw than forty-five degrees, and t e heads are separately adjustable, so that the angles which the two saws make with the axis of the adjusting-saw may be unequal., For instance, onesaw may be at right angles with said screw, ywhile the other is at an angle of fortyiive degrees to said screw.

' Said 'invention consists in the devices and combinations claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, on two sheets, Figure 1 isA a front elevation of a machine embodying our invention; Fig. 2, a plan of the same; Fig. 3, a left end elevation ofthe same; Fig. 4, a front elevation of the same belted to driving-drums on an overhead shaft; Fig. 5, a horizontal section of a head on the line 5 5 in Fig. 3, showing a part ofthe hereinafter described and bed in plan; Fig. 6, a front elevation of the longitudinal central. section right and left hand screw-sections, a vertical of the coupling which unites said screw-sections, and a front elevation of a part of one of the heads, said head being broken out to show its connection Witlrthe screw; Fig. 7, a plan of a part of the suction-hose lripped open Ito show the construction; Fig. 8, an elevation showing a modification of the head ;.Fig. 9, a plan of parts ofthe bed and parts ofthe scale.

-A indicates a bed similar to the bed or shears of la turning-lathe and resting upon legs a. The top of the bed is provided with a dovetail c', as shown in Fig.-3, to engage a dovetail groove b,withwhich the lower ends of theheads B B are provided. The bed is slotted vertically at the top at a2, as shown in Fig. 2, and an adjusting-screw C is arranged in said slot a2 and j ournaled in the ends of the bed A and is prevented from moving endwise in vsaid bed by collars c c on said screw outside of said bed. The screw C is made in two equal sections c2 c3, one section being left-handed and the other right-handed, and for convenience these sections are separately formed and united by a coupling c4, in which are arranged set screws c5 c, which turn readily in said coupling and press against said screw-sections. The ends of the screw C are manysided to receive a crank or wrench c7. Each head B B consists of a base portion b, which contains the groove t above mentioned, and of an upper part b2, which rests upon said base and is ada )ted to turn thereon in a horizontal plane, t 1e two being pivoted to each other by a bolt b3, which passes vertically down through -both parts of said head and is rigidly secured toa nut b4, which engages one of the screw-sections 02 c3.

A nut b5 on the top of the bolt b3 is used to clamp the two parts of the head rigidly together and to prevent the upper partof the head from being accidentally turned on the lower. When the upper part of the head is set at the proper angle, it is further held from turning, as by a pin b", which passes down through a hole t7 in the upper part of the head and through a hole bs in the base, several such holes to ermit of the head being set at different ang es with the base being indicated by dotted circles in Fig. 5. 1

In the uprights li b1 on each head is journaled a saw-arbor D D', on which is secured the fast pulley d d and a saw d2 d3 in any usual manner. Each saw-arbor is driven by a belt E E', which connects its pulley d d to a drum F F on the counter-shaft F2. The drums F F are long enough to allow the belts to accommodate themselves to the position of the pulley d d and are placed sufliciently above thesaw-arbors to make it unnecessary to use intermediate guide-pulleys, and the belts are so arranged that the lower edges of the saw run away from the operator.

The holes by which the swiveling portions of the heads are secured to their bases are made in the form of slots at right angles to the saw-arbors, as shown at b in Fig. 5, to allow said head portions to be pushed back after being swiveled to bring the saws again into proper position over the work.

Fixed on the upper part of each head and movable therewith is a saw-guard G G and a case 7L h, which receives the back of the corresponding saw and forms the mouth of a suction-hose H H', the two hose-pipes H Il entering a pipe H2, which is exhausted by any usual means, as by a suction-fan H", to remove the sawdust as soon as formed to any suitable receptacle and to prevent it from mixing with the waste ends of stock which are allowed to fall on the floor or into a suitable receptacle in order that these products may be sold separately, the sawdust for bedding of horses and other purposes and the waste ends for fuels. The hose-pipes H H IOO IIO

"fro

are ofi'lexible material, saIs-clotliori leatherfh?,`rk

` which is-prevented from: collapsingby astout 'construction allowing. the hose-pipestoac- -cmmodate any movement of vthe lfheads.

, Raising the; stockk to the: sawsn allows; the

wastel ends to falli-and prevents their# being thrown'in variousdirectionsl. The rests yI I1 which present the stocktol-.the saws l are 1 se-l cured on a horizontal bar- J `g.the'latter'being ,s Supportedfontwo rods -KK/ ,which slide ver-y tically'inA brackets a? La* a? `(1,7,"securedon. the

or more-than counterbalanceas maybe/desired, the-weight of thestock and-.ofthepartslsupported'on saidlshaft .inliir'onty of the same,

stopfgagesi ft, againstfwhich the stock is n placedand which;preventsthel stock Jfrom ythe action-'of the sawsofwingto thedirection will hold thestock against/the gages untilthe f A, y"operation is completed. A1y The:stop-gages' are the osition 'and v`distanceapart'ofthe saws, l T e distance yapartzofthe saws when these 'Ilhe shaftM isprovided withan arm-or lever' m, which extends forward'.A and -which' being Athe stock against` the saws.`

- The restsI I for'tab'les" are'. provided withv bein'gfcarried,` forward. by the saws,` lso, that in which thesawsy run, as above described,

represented as vimmovable on theres-tsl I f I2 indicates 'another' f stopgage affainst rwhich the end ,of the stockfmay-be placed'.-

'Ihegage I'2 andgrest's II are represented as each having parts i? t3, which reach down'be-l hind andjin front of thebarJ` andv as 4,being l each held on said `harbyafsetsc'rewl i4, which ,turns in the art iSand thrustsagainst the front of said ar J insuchfa manner that on loosening any set-screw it the corresponding gage or rest may bel adjustedlaterally to suit are' both at right angles with1thescreW-C or the length offthe'iinishedjpiece with square l kstantly deterrnirred bytheposition of the.

- outer-edgeA of the base. bof 'the `head B, as

indicated on the v .fixed scaleS, vor `bythe position'of anypart of said head'jwhich may ends that may be cut withl saidsaws Visinegpredetermined to 'serve asf a pointer .or index-fingerl on ksaid scaleA S Said scale S does not,thereiore, indicate by its vnumbers the distance ofthe corresponding marks from thefmiddle vofthe screw() or twice. that disltance,' .b"ut vonlythe 'distance 'between` the saws when they are parallel with each other.

, 1 Inasmuch asthesawswillneverbe brought close togethenit 1s not necessarythat the scale SV should be `graduated and figured from thezero-point 3 said'scalernay start @u y.. o set the machineformitering a ackinge such` convenient point' as will indicate the l shortest-piece which .the machine is desired tov cut, .and We have representedlsaid scale in' `Fig'f.) asadapted to measureapiece notv` less lthan sevenlinches long.` Saidscale'S-is rigidlysecuredzon y the bedp arallel with the screw C, with the `graduation.- rnark-f7F at"y suchia distance that when fthetoutery side ofthe'correspending head isat thatmarkthe saws, if. atl i yright'angleswith the screw/C, willz'each be at a: distance-off three and aihalffinches from a s I pointA directly in {front of themiddle point:y of said `screw (3.* Fromthe mark ,7, said scale. is. graduated `vby marksl halt: an inch apart,jbut marked 8' 9fv 10, &c., suc-v ces'sively, becausefas theheads are moved simultaneously equally toward or away from themiddlejof the machine by the turning lot' f thescrewC itis obvious that if-thefdistance` Whichfeach head moves isr half an; inchfthe smaller vsubdivisions of the halfinch space to 4indicate corresponding' fractions of` an inch raised causes-therests II tobe lifted, raising iny lengthoffthe piece tobe cut bythe maf chine. For miteringwe use another scale S-, (pre- 85,'.y distancefbetweenfthe heads willbe variedby one inchn The-scale Sis alsof marked by ciselyl like the scale S inzthelength andnum-v beringof lits: divisions`,.fexcept that its mainy divisionsy are' numbered inrtheopposite direc tion,)` which 1s `cap able of 'end-wisemovement onkthe bed A# i Said `scale S isprovided withy alongitirdinal` slot s, throughwhich aholdingrscrew-s passes .into the'bed Afwhereby the scale-maybe adjusted endwiseand held at machine.

ygreater or less distancel from the middle of the i Another sc aleS2 is marked on the ysamepiece withthescale S" and is similarly graduatedin half inches an'diractionsthere-y L of, the graduations of the last-namedsc ale'S2 f ro l beingnumbered from 0" upward away from the vmiddle of themachine.' A stationary indexy Saonrnark on'thebed A points to the graduations on the scale S2. l'Ihe scales S f S2; f areso arranged with referenceto each other and'to the rests I I that when'the saws are 1n miterin position Vthe position of the head B 'on t e scale S indicates the length of va vline drawnjfromone saw to the other parallel with the workengaging faces lof the stop- `gages 'i i oiisaid, rests I'Iandat a distance iromsaid work-engaging faces in inches indicated on'the'scale Hence when the index S3 points to aV `igure on the scale S2 the scale S indicates the llength ofthe rlongest side of a pieceof the width in inches denoted izo'r f by said figure which would be mitered bythe saws in the miterin'g. positionjthey then ocbox cleatfof the desired length, it is:on yneces- `sary/ to move the scaleSz'until the figure 7 thereon which corresponds tothe width in 'inches of the'stock is op osite the index S3 and move the heads until t eouterbottoin edge 13o of the base of the head B is on the mark which indicates said length on the scale S.

If the saws are stationary, an increase or diminution of' the width of the stock to be mitered will increase or diminish the length of the long side of the finished piece by twice the variation of the width.

It follows that if the scale S2 be set with its O-mark at the index S3 the figure indicated on the scale S Will correspond to the length of the short side of the mitered piece,whatever be the width of the stock-that is, said figureI will denote the distance between the saws on a straight horizontal line lying in the iront or work-engaging faces of the stopgages i fi.

We claim as our inventionl. The combination of a frame, two heads,

ltwo saws, each carried by one of said heads,

means for moving said heads simultaneously in o posite directions, equal distances, means for holding said saws at angles to each other and one of said saws at an inclination to the direction of movement of said heads, a scalepiece movable longitudinally on said frame and bearing two scales, aiixed point on said frame arranged and adapted to indicate on one of saidy scales the width of the stock and the other scale indicating the length of the longest side of said stock when cut in terms of the position of one head.

2. The combination of a frame, two heads, two saws, each carried by one of said heads, means for moving said heads simultaneously, equal distances, in opposite directions, means for holding said saws at angles of forty-live degrees with'the direction of movement of said head and at an angle of ninety degrees with each other, an index iixed on said frame and a scale-piece movable longitudinally on said frame and bearing two scales,. arranged and adapted, one co eratmg withsaid index to indicate the widt of the stock to be cut and the other indicating the length of the longest side of said stock when cut by said saws in terms of the position of one head. 3. The combination of a frame, two heads, two saws, 'each carried by one of said heads, means of moving said heads simultaneously, equal distances in opposite directions, means for holding said saws at angles of forty-five degrees with the direction of movement of said head and at an angle of ninety degrees with each other, stop-Gages arranged with their stop-surfaces parallel with the direction of movement of said head, an index iixed onv said frame, a scale-piece movable longitudinally on said frame and bearing two scales, one of which in terms of the position of one head indicates the distance apart of said saws on a line parallel with said stop-surfaces and at a distance from said surfaces indicated by the other of said scales and said index.

In testimony whereof we have a'liixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT CADORETTE. LOUIS LAFLAMME Witnesses:

ALBERT M. MOORE, SUMNER B. SHOREY. 

